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174   The Conjure Woman

  "So Dan went down ter Aun' Peggy
de nex' night, - wid a young shote, - en
Aun' Peggy gun 'im de cha'm. She
had tuk de ha'rs Dan had lef' wid 'er,
en a piece er red flannin, en some roots
en yarbs, en had put ;em in a little bag
made out'n 'coon-skin.
   "'You take dis cha'm,' sez she, 'en 
put it in a bottle er a tin box, en bury
it deep unner de root er a live-oak tree,
en ez long ez it stays dere safe en soun',
dey ain' no p'isen kin p'isen you, dey
ain' no rattlesnake kin bite you, dey 
ain' no sco'pion kin sting you, Dis yere
cunjuh man mought to do one thing er
'nudder ter you, but he can't kill you.
So you neenter be at all skeered, but go
'long 'bout yo' bizness en doan bother
yo' min'.'
   "So Dan went down by de ribber, en
'way up on de bank he buried de cha'm
deep unner de root er a live-oak tree, en
kivered it up en stomp' de dirt down en